Churn-cover.



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GHURN COVER.

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lli atented October 6, 1933.

CHURN-COVERf SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0.740,691,dated October 6, 1903. Application filed May 26,1903. I Serial No.158,868. No model.)

To aZZ whom it-n taly concern:

Be itknown that I, ROBERT J. POOLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Burnet,

in the county of Burnet and State of Texas,

have invented a new and useful Churn-Cover,-

of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in churn-covers.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofchurn-covers and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient devicedesigned to be employed in connection with vertically-reciprocatingchurndashers and adapted to'be readily applied to any ordinary churnbody or receptacle and capable of effectually preventing the contents ofa churn-body from splashing out of the same through the opening in itfor the passage of the flasher-rod.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which will ex elude flies and other insects from the interiorof a churn-body, and thereby obviate the -necessity of employing a fanor similar means for driving flies from a churn.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterfully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointedout in the claim hereto appended, it being understood that variouschanges in the form, proportion, size, and minor details of constructionwithin the scope of the claim may be resorted to without departing fromthe. spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a churn-body coverconstructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied to aportion of a churn-body. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of thechurn-bodycover, a portion of the dasher-rod being shown in dottedlines. r 1

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in both figuresof the drawings.

1 designates a churn-bod y cover designed to be constructed ofearthenware, stoneware,

.50 porcelain, glass, or analogous material and provided with a centralopening 2 and havper edges of a churn-body 5, which is preferablyconstructed of earthenware or similar material, but which may be of anydesired and inward from the flange or peripheral portion' t to theopening 2, and it forms an exterior groove or gutter 5*, and it presentsa lower inclined face 6, which extends into the churn-body 5. The edges7 at the opening 2 of the cover are rounded, as shown, to reduce thefriction and to present smooth surfaces to a dasher-rod '8. I

The inclined inner portion of the cover depends. below the supportingportion or flange 4.- and forms an annular tapered portion whichprojects into the mouth of the churnbody, whereby the cover'is heldagainst lateral movement on the same.

Theinwardly-inclined portion of the cover is thickened at anintermediate point, and the hood extends upward from such thickenedportion. The hood, which is in the form of a minute open-bottom jar, isbulged at its lower portion and tapers at its upper portion to within ashort distance of the top to form a constricted neck 9 and to provide anupper; bearing for the vertically-reciprocating. dasher-rod. The hood isflared above the neck to provide a flaring or funnel-shaped portion 10,adapted to catch and drain'back into the hood anyliquid'adhering to andcarried upward by the dasher-rod.

When the flasher-rod is reciprocated during the operation of churning,the liquid splashing through the opening 2 of the cover is receivedwithin the hood or receptacle 3 and is prevented by the inclined wallsofthe upper portion from splashing upon the operator or upon thesupporting-surface and the adjacent objects. The inner faces of thelower portion merge into the upper face of the inclined portion of thecover and a smooth surface is provided. This surface, which isconstruction, as will be readily understood. The cover is depressed orinclined downward ICC arranged at an inclination, causes all of theliquid within the hood or receptacle to drain back into the churn-body.

When the device is constructed of earthenware or analogous material, ithas sufficient weight to retain its position on achurn-body withoutemploying the usual fastening devices for securing a cover to the body.Also as the hood or receptacle is formed integral with the cover and istapered below the flaring funnel-shaped mouth a convenient grip orhandle is provided for removing the entire device from a churn-body. Theinner face of the constricted neck is rounded to present a smoothsurface to the dasher-rod, and the device is adapted to exclude fliesand other insects from the churn-body, and as cream is not splashed overthe exterior of the cover such flies and insects will not be materiallyattracted While churning.

What I claim is- A device of the class described comprising a coverhaving a horizontal peripheral portion or flange to fit upon achurn-body and provided with an inclined inner portion thickened at thecenter and depending below the peripheral portion or flange and forminga tapered portion adapted to extend into the top of the churn-body,whereby the cover is 'held against lateral movement, said cover beingalso provided with a central opening, and a hood or receptacle formedintegral with and risingfrom the thickened portion of the cover andbulged at its central portion and tapered upwardly therefrom to form aconstricted neck and to provide an exterior grip, the upper end of thehood or receptacle being flared or funnel-shaped, and the inner faces ofthe lower portion of the hood or receptacle merging into the upper faceof the inclined portion of the cover, substantially as described. Intestimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed mysignature in the presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT J. POOLE.

Witnesses: J. H. CHAMBERLAIN, M. P. MAGILL.

